Churn.



B. OHARA.

CHURN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1913.

Patented Nov. 4, .1913.

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UNTED STE PATE@ Fifi@ BELZIMERE OHARA, OF OROFINO, IDAHO.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, BELZIMERE OHARA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orofino, in the county of Nez Perce and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in churns, and has for one of its objects to simplify and improve the construction and increase the etliciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed churn device of the rotating receptacle class and with means for readily disconnecting the receptacle from the supporting frame for cleansing or replacing broken parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a churn including a cream receptacle having a novel form of closure through which the cream is inserted and the butter removed.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved form of bearing for the journals of the cream-receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel means for supporting the cream receptacle upon the frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed frame for supporting the cream receptacle and with means whereby the receptacle for the butter milk may be inserted in position beneath the receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed attachment whereby the receptacle may be anchored in position relative to the frame when the cream is being inserted or the butter removed.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved churn. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same with the crank receiving journal in section on the line 2l-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail in section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper portion of one of the bearings. Fig. 6 is an Specification of Letters Patent.

Application iiled. March 17, 1913.

Fatented Nov. et, 1913.

Serial No. 754,876.

enlarged sectional detail illustrating the manner of constructing and applying the closure to the cream receptacle.

Corresponding and like parts are referred te in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device includes a supporting frame comprising vertical standards 10 spaced apart and provided respectively with lateral feet l portions 11 to insure the stability of the frame. rlhe feet portions are provided with apertures to receive holding bolts or other fastening devices represented at 12 whereby the frame may be permanently secured to a fioor or other snpport. The standards 10 are connected intermediate their ends by a transverse brace member 15 extending without iiexure from end to end and connected to the standards at one side by offsets 16, and another brace member 17 likewise extending between the standards and secured thereby at the opposite side by lateral offsets 18 and deflected centrally to bear against the inner face of the member 15 and riveted thereto, as shown at 19, or otherwise secured. By this means the members 10 are firmly coupled and supported with the central portion of the space between the vertical members formed without obstruction to facilitate the location of butter milk receiving receptacle, as hereafter explained.

Formed upon the upper end of each of the standards 10 is an oil receptacle 2O having centrally disposed transverse bearings 22 open at the ends and likewise provided with transverse bearings 23 located at the sides of the central bearing and closed at the ends as shown at 24. The bearings open into the interior of the oil receptacle 2O and the bottoms of the bearings 23 are below the line of the bottoms of the bearing 22. rlhe bearings 23 are arranged to receive the journals 25 of anti-friction rollers 26, While the bearings 22 are designed to receive the j ournals of the support for the cream receptacle7 as hereafter explained. The rollers 26 are considerably larger than their journals 25 and extend at their lower portions constantly in the oil which is located in the casing 20.

The cream receptacle is represented conventionally at 27 and may be of any required size and of any required form, but is preferably in barrel shape as shown and provided with encircling stop ribs 28 spaced sii-re 31 is provided with lifting handles 33' and likewise provided with an observation opening covered'by a glass A draw oil aperture 3G is located in the opposite end ot the churn and provided with a closure 37, the latter being preferably provided with a chain 38 connected at 39 to the receptacle 27, to prevent the .loss oit the closure when removed. By this means the butter niillr may be readily withdrawn when required.

VThe support for the receptacle QT consists ot an encircling halt band bearing between the stop iibs 28 at one side ot' the churn and provided with journals dL-ell t'or engaging in the bearings Q9 ot the receptacle 20 and in contact with the rollers Q6. `Oiie o't the 'journals is provided with an operating crank 'The member 39 is provided with stop flanges to bear against the inner confronting taces ot the bearing 22 to prevent lat-eral movement between the parts. The member 39 is likewise provided with a hinge member del at'` one side and is reduced to toi-m a bearingl l5 at the other side. The supporting device likewise includes a halt band or semi-circling member t6 bearing around the opposite side ot' the receptacle 27 and between the stop ribs Q8 and provided with. an oppos`- ing hinge member sl-7 coupled to the hinge ing ll5 oit the member and is coupled` ythereto by bolts or other suitable tastening devices 50. By this simple means the receptacle 9,7 is firmly supported in position to be rotated. upon the' journals Ifl0`-ll when the crank is actuated. The member 27 may be thus firmly clamped in position and rigidlyY supported during the churning action, while at the same time the member 27' may be'readily detached when broken or otherwise impaired and a new receptacle disposed in its place.

lVhen the receptacle is disposed in vertical position, as shown in Figs. l and Q, its lower end is spaced a relatively short distance troni the braces 15-17, and by laterally deiiecting the brace member 17 a space is formed to enable a pail or other receptacle Copies of this patent may be obtained for' to be disposed beneath the opening 36 to re` ceive the butter milk. A cap or closure 51 is provided tor 'each ot the oil receptacles 2t), and hinged at one end 52 respectively to the receptacle and provided with lateral l ceptacle and the aiiti-triction pulleys are ,A

covered and protected.

The receptacle- 27 may be ot' any suitable material such as glass, porcelain, granite ware or the-like, or it may be ot wood as may be preferred.

rlhe improved device is simple in conf` struction7 can be inexpensively manufac-` tured and of any required size and capacity. A. catch 53 is connected to one ot the standards l0 and adapted to engage the` handle 4t2 and hold the cream receptacle in vertical position while the cream is ybeing supplied thereto and the butter removed, or while the butter milk is being withdrawn, the member 53 being preferably provided with a supporting chain 54 to limit its downward movement.

Having thus described what is claimed is:

l. In a churn, a supporting frame includ-` ing bearings spaced apart,' a cream receptaclo supporting member haviiigfjournails spaced apart and engaging said trame bearr ings and engaging the cream receptacle at one side, said supporting member having a` hinge member near one oi2 said journals and a seat near the other journal, another cream the invention7 receptacle supportingmember engaging the Y cream receptacle at the other sido, said lastmentioned supporting member' being hing-` edly connected atene end .to said hinge* member and having bearings at the other end engaging the seatl ot the -i'irst-iiie ntioiied receptacle supporting member. i

2. In a churn, a support including Tbearings spaced apart, a cream receptacle supporting member having :journals spacetl apart and. engaging said bearings and 'with a. hinge member near one Journal and a seat near the other journal, another cream;

receptacle supporting `member having a hinge member at one end and a seat at the other end tor respectively engaging the hinge member' and the seatiot the tiret-nien tioned cream receptacle supporting member.

'In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. BELZMERE QHARe- IL- S-l Witnesses EDiviiRD OHARA, Amm OHiina.

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